JENNINGS v. ELECTIONS CANVASSING COM'N

No. 1D07-0011.

958 So.2d 1083 (2007)

Christine JENNINGS, Ellen Fedder, Lance Jones, Ernest Lasche a/k/a/ Mike Lasche, Barbara Klein, Lois Harmes, John Minder, Dovie Murray, John McBride, Susan Gaar, Gary Lamer, and Charles Clifton (Collectively, "Voter Plaintiffs" or "Petitioners"), Petitioners, v. ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION OF the STATE OF FLORIDA; Sarasota County Canvassing Board; Kathy Dent, as Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections; Sue M. Cobb, as Secretary of the State to Florida; Dawn K. Roberts, as Director of the Division of Elections of the State of Florida; Vern Buchanan; and Election Systems & Software, Inc., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall Coffey, of Coffey & Wright, L.L.P., Miami; Mark Herron, of Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A., Tallahassee; and Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Sam Hirsch, Jessica Ring Amunson, of Jenner & Block, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Petitioner Jennings. Matthew J. Zimmerman, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Rebecca Harrison Steele & Zeina N. Salam, A.C.L.U. Foundation of Florida, Tampa; and Reginald J. Mitchell, P.F.A.W. Foundation, Tallahassee, for Joinder Petitioners.

Peter Antonacci and Allen Winsor, of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee, for Respondents Kurt S. Browning, Amy K. Tuck, and Elections Canvassing Commission. Miguel A. DeGrandy & Stephen M. Cody, of Miguel DeGrandy, P.A., Miami; and Harry O. Thomas & Jeffrey L. Frehn, of Radey, Thomas, Yon & Clark, Tallahassee, for Respondent Election Systems & Software, Inc. Glenn T. Burhans, Jr., Hayden R. Dempsey & M. Hope Keating, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, for Respondent Vern Buchanan.


BROWNING, C.J.

The petitioners seek certiorari review of the trial court's non-final order denying motions to compel discovery, including a request to order the respondents to disclose trade secrets, including the source code and other proprietary technology associated with certain voting machines used in the Florida Thirteenth Congressional District in the November 2006 election, which Petitioner Christine Jennings lost...

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